For many, premiums and deductibles now take three times more out of one’s budget than 20 years ago, UC Berkeley study shows.
Workers cite low wages and disrespect at work; union alleges illegal union-busting.
Expiring insurance waivers are sending out-of-pocket payments through the roof.
A new program would divert 500,000 Georgians out of the ACA exchange and nudge them into private insurance company offerings.
Trump’s second term would likely triple down on his first term’s trends: tax cuts for the rich and attacks on the Affordable Care Act.
Trump’s legal assault on Obamacare could mobilize large numbers of Latino voters against him in Florida and Texas.
The lights are going out in America’s rural hospitals and clinics at the moment they are most needed.
More than 2 million Californians have recently lost their jobs and many are now without health coverage.
Americans stricken by COVID-19 face another pandemic threat: crushing medical bills.
A deeply funded lobbying group led by a former Hillary Clinton aide is out to kill Medicare for All. Its ideological roots run back to the Truman era.
Test your knowledge about inequities in America’s health care system.
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How Beto O’Rourke, a potential Democratic candidate for president, has undermined his own party’s efforts to halt the GOP agenda.
Gavin Newsom’s gubernatorial campaign was buoyed by his aggressive position on a single-payer system. Now comes the question: How far can–or will–Newsom take it?
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Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, who is battling a progressive challenger in his party’s primary, has found an unexpected supporter — former Vice President Joe Biden, whose Affordable Care Act public-option proposal Carper helped defeat back in 2009.
Seven Republican congressional districts in California went for Hillary Clinton in 2016. CA-4 was not one of them but Democrats are hoping to unseat Tom McClintock in November.
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A Central Valley Congressman may be worrying that the fallout from Donald Trump’s policies could land on himself.
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State leaders are realizing that California must play both defense and offense to preserve and expand its health-care gains, and to protect vulnerable groups – particularly the state’s huge immigrant population.
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From the 25th Congressional District’s high desert to its mountain valleys, even Republican voters are wondering about their congressman.
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Unease about rising rents, access to affordable health care and the vulnerability of Dreamers characterize this once-reliably GOP district.
A summary of legislative proposals discussed at Policy Insights 2018, from gender equality to expanding health-care coverage.